George Takei, ‘Mr. Sulu,’ says he’s gay

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I always wondered why he wore those flamboyant neck scarfs in the movies!

George Takei, ‘Mr. Sulu,’ says he’s gay
Actor and partner have been together for 18 years

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Actor George Takei, shown greeting a crowd with the Vulcan greeting, has come out as gay.


Updated: 11:11 p.m. ET Oct. 27, 2005

LOS ANGELES - George Takei, who as helmsman Sulu steered the Starship Enterprise through three television seasons and six movies, has come out as a homosexual in the current issue of Frontiers, a biweekly Los Angeles magazine covering the gay and lesbian community.

Takei told The Associated Press on Thursday that his new onstage role as psychologist Martin Dysart in “Equus,” helped inspire him to publicly discuss his sexuality.

Takei described the character as a “very contained but turbulently frustrated man.” The play opened Wednesday at the David Henry Hwang Theater in Los Angeles, the same day that Frontiers magazine featured a story on Takei’s coming out.